WELLINGTON COUNTY - On Sept. 30 the Regional Tourism Organization 4 (RTO4) announced funding for 75 tourism businesses and organizations in Guelph, Wellington County, Waterloo Region, Perth County and Huron County.
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St. Ignatius of Loyola Catholic School students ‘filling it forward’
GUELPH – St. Ignatius of Loyola Catholic School has piloted a new program combining the school’s environmental and social justice objectives with local social enterprise, Fill It Forward.
Senator Rob Black to address soil and crop improvement group
ALMA – Senator Rob Black will be the feature speaker at the upcoming Wellington County Soil and Crop Improvement Association annual meeting being held at the Alma Bible Church on Dec. 2.
Taste Real Launches special holiday edition of the Farmers’ Market Box from local markets
WELLINGTON COUNTY – The award-winning Farmers’ Market Box series, coordinated through Wellington County’s Taste Real program, is offering a Holiday Box this year.
Wellington County Museum hosted annual Pumpkin Walk
Museum Halloween – The evening after Halloween was still spooky at the Wellington County Museum…
‘It was touch and go’: Local students learning in class as CUPE ends strike action
WELLINGTON COUNTY – Classes at all schools within the Upper Grand and Wellington Catholic school boards will be in-person on Tuesday following an agreement between the province and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) on Monday.
Wellington County Legions remember local war dead at county ceremony
ABOYNE – One by one, the names of Wellington County’s war dead were read aloud on Nov. 3, as a heavy grey fog, burned off by the sun, revealed 500 markers on the hill beyond, bearing the names of local residents who died in service to their country.
County anticipates increase in waste, recycling collection costs
GUELPH – Wellington County solid waste services (SWS) division is headed for a half-million dollar budget surplus in 2022, but those funds and more may be needed to cover increased expenditures next year.
‘It’s a shame we’re here’: Wellington County education workers on strike
FERGUS - Education workers from Wellington County's two school boards, who are represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees, are on strike and actively protesting around the constituency office of Wellington-Halton Hills MPP Ted Arnott in downtown Fergus.
County opts for quick transition to producer responsibility for recycling
GUELPH – The County of Wellington will opt out of recycling collection at the first opportunity, as the provincially-mandated switch to full producer responsibility for collection and processing continues toward a 2025 deadline.